How To Stay Motivated

We ended up watching The Devil Wears Prada last night. It is one of my favourite movies. I think I have seen it over 10 times now!

Eric will vehemently deny this, but he loves the movie too. [You didn’t hear that from me, mmm kay?]

This morning I wanted a Green Monster and I wanted one badly. It had been over a week and a half since my last one (I know!!) and I needed some green in my life. I decided to make one, broken, leaky blender and all.

It was a mess, but it was worth this little green drink of pure delight.

I had it with a 1/4 cup homemade glo-nola (it is a Glo Bakery recipe that I am still playing around with, my apologies!)

And now for my second graph. For the first graph, see here. All future graphs and comics will be placed in a new category on the right called ‘Angie’s Funnies’.

Here is, How I picture my husband’s desire to attend another race as a spectator across time.

He would like you to know that he had no involvement in this. :lol:

How do I stay motivated with workouts?

I am often asked how I stay motivated with running and other forms of exercise and one thing that has really helped me has been racing. Signing up for a race gives me a clear deadline and a goal of where I would like to be at a certain point in time. Racing gives me focus and new challenges. I used to absolutely dread my workouts in the past. I did the same exact workout every time. It was so boring! Once I discovered racing, I completely fell in love with exercise again and it gave me confidence to try new things.

I have recently started running, and I would really like to do races in the future to keep me setting goals. The problem is, I don’t want it to be too much, too soon. Do you have any recommendations for beginning runners as to when to take that step? Is there a mileage goal I should be able to do already or is it better to take the plunge?
Thanks and good luck on the race!

I don’t think anyone can go wrong with a 5k. There are a lot fo couch to 5k plans on the web too! I also think it might be a good idea to go watch a race before you run your own. It would help with nerves. Goodluck!

You’re too funny Angela! I love all the graphs. It’s kind of like the Graphic Truth on College Humor (link if you want to check it out, it’s hilarious: http://www.collegehumor.com/articles/column/the-graphic-truth )

Gosh, good luck with the race! This is so exciting for me, too, because I’ve “accompanied’ you throughout your training! I’m sure all your readers can say the same :)

Good luck for tomorrow, I hope it goes well. I can imagine how excited you both are. I’m loving the latest chart. I want my boyfriend to come along to my first race and take pictures of me – I’m sure he’ll be of the opinion that he should get a medal for all the photos he takes!!!